Young Parent Survival Guide Issue no. 1 has articles on Pregnant and panicking,
Coping with doctors, hospitals and clinics, 10 survival tips for mums, 10 top tips for new dads, Is there school after baby, safer sex and lots more
Young Parents Survival Guide Issue no. 2 has articles on Two families, one home – give and take when living with your parents, Tips for tantrums, Baby blues, Shared parenting and lots more
Information on legal money matters and more are contained in our Information Pack
Information for Young Parents in Education
Information for Young Parents in Education has information on supports for staying in school, back to education supports, financial supports for higher education and more.
If you are an educator or trainer we have:
Guidelines for Best Practice in relation to students who are pregnant or parenting
- a regular Newsletter for those working with young parents.
Teen Parents Support Programme
The Teen Parents Support Programme provides services to enhance and support the wellbeing of young parents and their children, empower young parents in their parenting role and ensure equality of opportunity. The Teen Parents Support Programme is based in and managed by Treoir.
A very useful website for young parents is www.teenparents.ie
Proceedings of the 10th Anniversary Conference of the Teen Parents Support Programme. The Conference was held in NUI Galway on December 10th 2010.
Young Parenthood - facts and challenges : An analysis of the users of the Teen Parents Support Programme 2005-2008
If your pregnancy is unplanned, counselling can help. Pregnancy counselling provides an opportunity for you to explore your feelings about your pregnancy and to discuss the choices open to you. For a list of free, non judgemental, trustworthy crisis pregnancy counselling services freetext LIST to 50444 or visit www.positiveoptions.ie
